BB Grooves: Jeezy No. 1 on Billboard 200

Billboard: Jeezy (Trap or Die 3) Narrowly Takes No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Kenny Chesney (Cosmic Hallelujah) settles for no. 2.

It was a close one on the latest edition of the Billboard 200, but Jeezy won the race.  His latest album, Trap or Die 3, debuts at no. 1 on the Billboard 200.  Jeezy moved a respectable 89,000 units.  He beat out Kenny Chesney for top honors. Chesney had to settle for no. 2 with Cosmic Hallelujah.  Beyond Jeezy and Chesney, there are a number of notable stories on the Billboard 200 dated November 19, 2016.

 

1. Jeezy narrowly takes Trap Or Die 3 to no. 1 on the Billboard 200.

 

 

2. Kenny Chesney (Cosmic Hallelujah) settles for no. 2, narrowly underperforming Jeezy.

 

3. Meek Mill wasn’t far off the race between Jeezy and Kenny Chesney. DC4 debuts respectably at no. 3.

 

 

4. Avenged Sevenfold shocks the world with the early release of The Stage. The Stage starts at no. 4.

 

5. Lady Gaga sees Joanne slip from no. 1 to no. 5 in its second charting week.

 

6. A Pentatonix Christmas dips from no. 3 to no. 6 in its second charting week.

 

 

7. Michael Bublé takes the worst tumble of last week’s top-three albums. Nobody But Me slides from no. 2 to no. 10.

 

 

8. Tove Lo just misses the top 10. Lady Wood settles for a no. 11 start.

 

9. Keith Urban sees a huge boost for Ripcord. The album rises from no. 31 to no. 12.

 

 

10. A$AP Mob debuts at no. 13 with Cozy Tapes, Vol. 1: Friends.

 

11. The Piano Guys take Uncharted to no. 15.

 

12. Testament (Brotherhood of the Snake) debuts at no. 20.

 

 

13. Rae Sremmurd sees a spike in support as Sremmlife 2 jumps from no. 28 to no. 21. Interesting, single “Black Beatles” jumps into the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.

 

14. Thomas Rhett ascends back into the top-25 of the Billboard 200 as Tangled Up moves from no. 105 to no. 23.

 

 

15. Country artist Brett Eldredge sees his Christmas album Glow start at no. 29.

 

16. Maren Morris sees Hero ascend 137 spots from no. 168 to no. 31.

 

17. Cole Swindell debuts at no. 36 with his Down Home Sessions III EP.

 

 

18. Korn sees The Serenity of Suffering slide from no. 4 to no. 37 in its second week.

 

19. Memphis May Fire takes This Light I Hold to a top-50 start (no. 42).

 

 

20. Solange sees A Seat at the Table slide 19 spots from no. 27 to no. 46.

 

21. Jimmy Buffet debuts at no. 50 with holiday effort, ‘Tis the Season.

 

22. Empire of the Sun debuts at no. 51 with Two Vines.

 

 

23. Leonard Cohen sees You Want It Darker slide 42 spots from no. 10 to no. 52.

 

24. Red Hot Chili Peppers see a spike in sales for The Getaway, which improves 37 spots (no. 93 to no. 56).

 

 

25. Kings of Leon have a flop on their hands. Walls dips from no. 20 to no. 58 after just three charting weeks.

 

26. Norah Jones takes a mighty tumble. Day Breaks slides from no. 30 to no. 62. It has charted for just four short weeks.

 

27. Michael Jackson’s Thriller jumped from no. 122 to no. 76.

 

28. Chris Tomlin free falls. Never Lose Sight plummets from no. 6 to no. 84.

 

 

29. Green Day, like Kings of Leon and Norah Jones, has a flop on its hands. Revolution Radio slides 51 spots (no. 41 to no. 92).

 

30. Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s The Ghosts of Christmas Eve slides 84 spots from no. 9 to no. 93.

 

31. Kip Moore debuts at no. 97 with Underground (EP).

 

 

32. Frank Foster takes Good Country Music to…no. 113.

 

33. Bon Iver continues to see 22, A Million slide down the charts (no. 66 to no. 115).

 

 

34. The Game continues to plummet. 1992 dips from no. 48 to no. 118.

 

 

35. James Arthur debuts at no. 126 with Back from the Edge.

 

36. Mac Miller slips out of the top-100. The Divine Feminine slides from no. 98 to no. 142.

 

37. The Pretty Reckless (Who You Selling For) slides from no. 13 to no. 149.

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